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WannaCry ransomware cyberattack hits computer users around the world

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A programmer shows a sample of a ransomware cyberattack on a laptop in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 13, 2017. According to news reports, a 'WannaCry' ransomware cyberattack hit thousands of computers in 99 countries encrypting files from affected computer units and demanding 300 US dollars through bitcoin to decrypt the files.
Ritchie B. Tongo, European Pressphoto Agency

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Tom Bossert, White House homeland security and counterterrorism adviser, speaks about the recent cyberattacks during a daily news briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington on May 15, 2017.
Saul Loeb, AFP/Getty Images

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An electronic display calls on travelers to watch the analogue timetable at the main railway station in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on May 13, 2017.
A fast-moving wave of cyber attacks swept the globe, apparently exploiting a flaw exposed in documents leaked from the National Security Agency. Affected by the onslaught were computer networks at hospitals in Britain, Russia's interior ministry, the Spanish telecom giant Telefonica, the delivery company FedEx, German railway operator Deutsche Bahn and many other organizations.
Boris Roessler, AFP/Getty Images

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Employees watch an electronic board to monitor possible ransomware cyberattacks at the Korea Internet and Security Agency (KISA) in Seoul on May 15 2017. The notorious WannaCry ransomware, a type of malware that locks up files on a computer until victims pay a certain amount of money to hackers, struck South Korea's top theater chain CJ CGV the same day, industry sources said.
Yonhap via European Pressphoto Agency

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Patients wait near a queue number dispenser affected by the "WannaCry" attack at Dharmais Cancer Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 15, 2017. Global cyber chaos was spreading Monday as companies booted up computers at work following the weekend's worldwide "ransomware" cyberattack. The extortion scheme created chaos in 150 countries and could wreak even greater havoc as more malicious variations appear.
Dita Alangkara, AP

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Indonesian patients and relatives wait for their turn at the registration counter of the Dharmais Hospital, after the hospital's information system has been affected by a computer virus in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 15 2017. According to media reports, the cancer hospital has been hit by the 'WannaCry' ransomware disturbing the service to the patients.
Mast Irham, European Pressphoto Agency

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A journalist at work reads online news articles about cyber attacks, in Istanbul on May 15, 2017. According to reports, thousands of people were affected from a global cyberattack in the last two days.
Sedat Suna, European Pressphoto Agency

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A display panel with an error can be seen at the main railway station in Chemnitz, Germany. Germany's national railway says that it was among the organizations affected by the global cyberattack but there was no impact on train services. Deutsche Bahn said early that departure and arrival display screens at its stations were hit May 12, 2017, by the attack.
P. Goezelt, dpa via AP

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A close-up view of Britain's National Health Service (NHS) website with a cyberattack warning, as seen on a laptop in London on May 13, 2017. According to a statement by the NHS, a number of hospital's and institutions operated by Britain's NHS were been hit by a large-scale ransomware cyberattack called 'WannaCry', causing failures to computer systems.
Andy Rain, European Pressphoto Agency

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A programmer shows a sample of a ransomware cyberattack on a laptop in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 13, 2017. According to news reports, a 'WannaCry' ransomware cyberattack hit thousands of computers in 99 countries encrypting files from affected computer units and demanding 300 US dollars through bitcoin to decrypt the files.